parch
verb (used with object)
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
had parched
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past perfectof parch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The first harvest wasn’t so great, either—the sun had parched the peas and the barley was lousy.
From Time ● Nov. 23, 2015
Prolonged drought had parched the countryside, ruining crops and turning flourishing grasslands into brownish straw.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last summer, droughts had parched the flatlands; in the fall the Yellow River went on a record rampage to destroy still more farmlands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Persistent lack of rain had parched the grain fields of the Dakotas, biggest of U.S. rye producers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The heat and drought of dog days had parched the earth, and the crops had been laid by.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
